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Ghana Prisons Service’s DG, DOP Sweep Awards at GWA 2025

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It was a night of glamour, history, class and total showdown at the 2025 Ghana Women Award (GWA) where the Director General of Prisons Service and Director of Prisons Welfare swept enviable awards for the service.
The laurels served as testaments to their contributions in the service and the outstanding quota they bring to the development of Ghana Prisons Service.
The Director General of Ghana Prisons Service, Mrs Patience Baffoe-Bonnie Esq, was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement award, which expatiates as the highest award within the GWA.
Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie Esq was awarded based on her legacy etched in the Service by serving in the capacity of various challenging roles and making resounding interventions and impacts.
According to the awards committee, Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie’s award in her capacity as the Director General proves her resilience, integrity and unwavering commitment to growth, justice and reform.
DOP Millicent Owusu, Director of Prisons in charge of Welfare, grabbed the Outstanding Female Prisons Service Personnel for her sterling feats chalked in the Ghana Prisons Service.
DOP Owusu is a change-agent who has championed humane and progressive reforms that have elevated the standards of care and dignity within the correctional facilities.
The Director General of Prisons dedicated the awards to all inmates in the Prisons facilities and thanked officers for their phenomenal support and hard work.
Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie admonished women to take bold initiatives and make a mark with their peculiar skills.
By Spectator Reporter
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Mimi Duah declares support for Hawa Koomson as next NPP National Women’s Organiser

Deputy National Women Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mimi Duah, has openly declared her support for Mavis Hawa Koomson as the next National Women’s Organiser of the party.
In a statement endorsing Hawa Koomson’s candidature, Ms Duah outlined four key reasons why she believes the former MP and Minister of State is best placed to lead the party’s women’s wing.
According to her, Hawa Koomson is a motherly figure who rose from the grassroots and is widely noted for her forgiving nature and ability to foster unity.
“She is a true grassroots mother who easily forgives, fosters unity, provides guidance and arbitrates to ensure all aggrieved party women are brought on board to ensure a unified women’s wing,” she stated.
Ms Duah also pointed to Hawa Koomson’s vast experience, having served as a Constituency Women’s Organiser, Member of Parliament and Minister of State, noting that the experience positions her to provide effective leadership as National Women’s Organiser.
She further described Hawa Koomson as capable of making the women’s wing resourceful, through her extensive network and business contacts, to lobby for logistics, training and financial support for women organisers at all levels.
Lastly, she said the NPP as an opposition party needs fearless, bold and assertive leadership at the women’s front to inspire regional, constituency and polling station women organisers as the party reorganises towards the 2028 elections.
“We need a Women’s Organiser who has been tested, who is bold, who understands grassroots women, and who can lead us to victory in 2028. Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson is that leader,” she stressed.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister inaugurates Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee

Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has inaugurated the Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee to provide strategic oversight for a five-year programme focused on preserving Ghana’s heritage sites and strengthening their resilience to climate change.
The project will support climate-risk mapping, digital surveying and 3D modelling, joint research, capacity building, community engagement and modern monitoring technologies.
Korea is also providing specialised equipment, including drones, 3D scanners, digital microscopes, thermal imaging cameras and GPS survey instruments, to enhance Ghana’s capacity to scientifically assess, document and conserve heritage structures.
The partnership, which will run through 2030 and beyond, is expected to deepen Ghana-Korea cultural ties while promoting sustainable, technology-driven and climate-adaptive heritage management for future generations.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme




